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42 U.S.C. 18022: Essential health benefits requirements

Created in 2010 by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148). Changed by 1 later law. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2014Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

2010Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actcreated it

42 U.S.C. 18022Essential health benefits requirements

(a)Essential health benefits package

(b)Essential health benefits

(c)Requirements relating to cost-sharingadded to

(d)Levels of coverage

(e)Catastrophic plan

(f)Child-only plans

(g)Payments to Federally-qualified health centers

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 6423HELP Copays Actintroduced

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 6423 HELP Copays Act · introduced · would change (c)

How it got here

2014

Pub. L. 113–93, §213(a)(1), struck out par. (2) which related to annual limitation on deductibles for employer-sponsored plans. (Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 113–93, §213(a)(2), which directed amendment of par. (4)(A) by substituting "paragraph (1)(B)(i)" for "paragraphs (1)(B)(i) and (2)(B)(i)", was executed by making the substitution in par. (4) to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014) Law text · (c)

2010

Pub. L. 111–148, §10104(b)(1), substituted "shall issue" for "may issue". (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) Law text · (d)
Pub. L. 111–148, §10104(b)(2), added subsec. (g). (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) Law text · (g)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.